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Distant Corners : American Soccer's History of Missed Opportunities and Lost Causes /
In Distant Corners, his follow-up to Soccer in a Football World, David Wangerin details several of the people, places, and events that shaped American soccer history. Despite its struggle for popular acceptance, soccer in the United States has a rich history. Wangerin profiles Tom Cahill, the almost...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Wangerin, David. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Distant Corners : |b American Soccer's History of Missed Opportunities and Lost Causes / |c David Wangerin. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Philadelphia : |b Temple University Press, |c 2011. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2017 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2011. | |
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface: Worthy Diversions; A Note on Terminology; Acknowledgments; 1. "Here They Come!" Pilgrims, Corinthians, and the "Foreign Game" as Invader; 2. Foreign Bodies and Freezing Fans: The Births of the USFA and the National Challenge Cup; 3. Bullets: Thomas William Cahill, 1863-1951; A photo gallery begins on page 89; 4. Mild Bill: Bill Jeffrey, Penn State, and College Soccer between the Wars; 5. Dash, Desperation, and Deviltry: St. Louis and the "American Style"; 6. California Gold: Remembering the Clippers; 7. Shot Out in Jersey: NASL 1979-The Beginning of the End; Index. | |
| 520 | |a In Distant Corners, his follow-up to Soccer in a Football World, David Wangerin details several of the people, places, and events that shaped American soccer history. Despite its struggle for popular acceptance, soccer in the United States has a rich history. Wangerin profiles Tom Cahill, the almost-forgotten ""father of American soccer, "" and writes passionately about the 1979 North American Soccer League season, the high-water mark of the game in the twentieth century. Wangerin shows how the American appetite for soccer has ebbed and grown over the years, chronic. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x History. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x Essays. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x Business Aspects. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a GAMES |x Gambling |x Sports. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Soccer |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Soccer |z United States |x History. | |
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| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Archive Complete Supplement V | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Archive History Supplement V | ||